Join us for this special in-store event where Aleks Byrd teaches us this Estonian Inlay (Roosimine) technique.

Roosimine is an Estonian inlay technique that creates the appearance of embroidery through intentional floats in contrasting yarn on the right side of your knitting. It’s the perfect technique to add some embellishment to your knitting that is easier than intarsia. The name Roosimine translates to “decorating with roses”, which comes from a style of short stitch embroidery done on the Estonian island of Muhu. Students will knit a small swatch in the round.

Skill Level

Advanced beginner / intermediate knitter; students should be comfortable to knit and purl in the round, cast-on and bind-off.

Materials needed:

• US 6 / 4mm needles for knitting small circumference (DPNs or circular needles for magic loop)
• Stitch markers
• Tapestry / darning needle
• DK-weight yarn (preferably nothing slippery - think yarn you would use for colorwork) in the following approx. amounts:
  • MC (main color) 20g
  • CC1 (contrast color 1) 10g
  • CC@ (contrast color 2) 10g
• Make sure all yarn is easy to pull from both ends of the ball (for working with two strands at a time)

Instructor

Aleks Byrd is a knitwear designer with roots in Estonia, Canada, and the USA. Aleks’ passion is creating modern patterns with a connection to the past using little-known traditional techniques for unique wearable designs that are fun and rewarding to knit for all levels of knitters. Her portfolio of designs includes individual patterns as well as those published in The Knitter magazine and Laine Magazine. Her latest book Traditions Revisited – Modern Estonian Knits brings together her designs and teaching as an introduction to Estonian knitting, both traditional and traditional-inspired.

Aleks teaches workshops to demystify the deceptively easy techniques used in her patterns all over the world in the UK, Europe, Canada, the United States and Australia. Most notably with sold out workshops at Vogue Knitting Live in New York.

Aleks especially loves sharing traditional knitting techniques from Estonia with knitters around the world to expand their view on what knitting can be. She works with yarn shops and knitting event organizers to bring engaging workshops to your knitting community.

Cancellation Policy

Classes require a minimum of 4 students. An emailed notification of cancellation will be sent 2 days before the class if the minimum is not met. In the case of shop cancellation, all registered students will be refunded the class fee. Any additional fees including materials and the shipping of materials are non-refundable. Student cancellations, missed classes or no-shows can not be refunded, exchanged or transferred.

**CLASS IS IN PERSON AT OUR STORE ON 1117 SE DIVISION ST, PORTLAND, OR**